Guild Wars 2

Nate.8146:

Hard to chill out when our new core mechanic is about generating heat :P

You got me :P Checkmate atheists.

Phineas Poe.3018:

UncleDrew.1763:

New traits – So you dont need to take alchemy anymore. Thank kitten someone is paying attention. Trait for condi loss on exit of forge and take the new heal for toolbelt skill. While we are here, so-kittening-long turret. RIP.

I don’t think Alchemy will be so easily replaced, because Alchemy is taken in WvW/PvP for a lot more than just condi clear. HGH reduces the cooldown of Elixir Gun skills, Inversion Enzyme actually gives us a purpose in zergs, and Iron Blooded, Protection Injection, and Self-Regulating Defenses are fairly massive survivability boosts. We haven’t ran any elixirs on our bar for 2+ years; the condi clear is kind of irrelevant at this point now that we run the Purge Gyro. I mostly take HGH for the might stacking on E-Gun skills.

UncleDrew.1763:

Now, stop being kittening boring and ditch Inventions. Now we have 2 traitlines we can use instead. Explosives/Firearms and Tools. Take firearms for condi with our new sword. Explosives and tools for more splosion dps. If you havent noticed most of our new skills do explosive dps.

There is nothing about the new specialization that encourages us to ditch Inventions, either. There are a couple survivability traits in the Holosmith tree, and that’s nice, but none of them really compare to Bunker Down, even after it was nerfed. The big thing to remember is that with the new specialization we’ll be getting access to a power-based main-hand weapon, giving the shield some actual use for once. The shield skill CD reduction trait is in Inventions.

I’m sure after the dust settles we’ll still be running Inventions and Alchemy together with Holosmith. Holosmith is much squishier than Scrapper and will also have significantly less stability to work with. I wouldn’t be surprised if Elixir B and Elixir S return to our bar when we run Holosmith for this reason—at the very least keeping Alchemy in the build.

It’s very well possible that sword/shield just won’t be as good as rifle or sword/pistol, thereby pushing a lot of the reason behind Inventions out of the build. If the rumors are true and today’s balance patch will be touching up on some gadgets and making them more useful, it’s also very well possible that Tools as a traitline will become an increasingly viable option; Tools/Alchemy/Holosmith would, in this instance, probably be ideal.

UncleDrew.1763:

Now for remaining utils, Maybe we dont need elix gun anymore cause we can cleanse more condis from the trait (gaining required heat and exiting forge) 6 sec cd for forge. Rinse, repeat. So now we can take Elix U for quickness autoattacks combined with a leap on a please nerf me level of cd (see where this is going) we become what power reaper has wet dreams of. Take the new util that breaks stuns and reduces dps. So now if you a kitten you can take Elix S. Or really whatever you need.

I think you’re really underselling the Elixir Gun here by implying its singular purpose is condi cleanse.

The Elixir Gun’s Acid Bomb is great area denial and is useful against downed targets for cleave damage. Fumigate doesn’t cleanse conditions on ourselves, but it does a hefty amount of cleansing on allies and can be traited to convert conditions into boons. Outside of Tool Kit’s Box of Nails, Glob Shot is one of the most effective ways to maintain cripple on a target while giving yourself swiftness (which with scrapper was also a survivability boost with Rapid Regeneration). Super Elixir is a light field, which can be leaped through for Light Aura, which is a massive damage boost when it is active. Both the sword and forge form have leaps, so I don’t really see the Elixir Gun going anywhere. This is also not taking into consideration the fact that its toolbelt skill is a stun breaker, and that its auto attack, Tranquilizer Dart, maintains permanent weakness on targets.

The Elixir Gun is literally the most powerful singular utility skill this class has, and it rarely leaves our bar for that reason. Every single skill on the bar, including its tool belt, has a valuable use in the right hands. And unless ArenaNet does some drastic changes to core engineer utility skills (e.g., gadgets) in today’s pre-PoF major balance pass, I don’t see that changing.

Its hard for me to reply to this properly on my phone. So I will say thank you for your criticisms and viewpoints. Gimme another day and I’ll be able to respond. Ta

Daerian.6523:

Most people I know stay away from forums because instead of interesting discussions about builds or strategiy there is only constant whining about everything and all useful informations are elsewhere.

I agree, and I’m trying to change this. My posts – I hope – will promote more valuable discussion.

TeaPotty.5941:

I find people like OP extremely offensive. We have our own minds, and can think on our own. 99% of players dont base their opinions on what people on the forums say.

Most players stay away from the forums bc of all the unofficial Anet apologist-lurker-spokesmen constantly dismissing & trolling people who try to make legitimate criticisms.

This forum is meant to discuss ideas and criticisms. If you don’t like it, maybe you shouldn’t spend hours lurking the forums. For god sakes, maybe let Anet actually respond to players who spend more time in-game than the forums.

Okay, I’ll take the ‘high’ road. Sorry if I offended you. I dont spend hours lurking, if you check my posts I have like 5 maybe. Legit criticisms = ppl crying ‘’our new spec is kitten blah blah blah." Yeh my bad, totally legit. When 6/10 posts are complaints its totally not narcissistic or kitteny at all. And I’m 10000% sure I have more in game time than forum time, and anet dont answer anything even mildly controversial regarding the subject. If I’m wrong link me to an engi response please.

Samug.6512:

Oh my god, I’m almost lost in possibilities.

If this isn’t sarcasm then I’m glad you feel the same way.

Killyox.3950:

OT: FYI TL;DR is put in the beginning, not at the end ;p

No, it goes at the end. How else will people know whether or not they want to read what I have to say if I put it at the start? I’m not that helpful and besides why would I encourage ppl to skip what I have to say? Why make the post at all? :P

Bois and grills,
I see the tears, cries, whimpers from the scared and worried that plague this section of the forum. Let me set some of you kitten mofos straight. Holosmith gives us the kit we deserve AND the one we need right now. It hurts my soul seeing the levels of uninspiring and unimaginativeness oozing from the engi forum.

Ima show you bois how the kitten to do this:

Photon forge mode – a free kit replacing f5. So you lose Moa a little saddening, orbital strike is kitten tier laughable. No big deal. So now you dont need tookit for power spec. (+1 utility slot)

New Elite – Unblockable. Shall I go on? We have NO other direct unblocks. And dont tell me elix gun 4 cause ppl have to be kittened to stay in it longer than 1 tick.

New traits – So you dont need to take alchemy anymore. Thank kitten someone is paying attention. Trait for condi loss on exit of forge and take the new heal for toolbelt skill. While we are here, so-kittening-long turret. RIP.

Now, stop being kittening boring and ditch Inventions. Now we have 2 traitlines we can use instead. Explosives/Firearms and Tools. Take firearms for condi with our new sword. Explosives and tools for more splosion dps. If you havent noticed most of our new skills do explosive dps.

RIFLE – Yes I said it. We are now rifle warriors with reaper shroud for those of you thinking of re-rolling. Naturally we arent as good as either but think of them as specialised. We are now 2 classes in 1.

Back to forge – 240 range auto attacks. A leap on 2 sec cooldown which can be traited for superspeed. No more engi-kite kitten. WE CAN HIT PPL. Doing 3k non crits (subject to further testing) when overheating. We are a walking time bomb that our enemies cannot escape. Wake up.

Now for remaining utils, Maybe we dont need elix gun anymore cause we can cleanse more condis from the trait (gaining required heat and exiting forge) 6 sec cd for forge. Rinse, repeat. So now we can take Elix U for quickness autoattacks combined with a leap on a please nerf me level of cd (see where this is going) we become what power reaper has wet dreams of. Take the new util that breaks stuns and reduces dps. So now if you a kitten you can take Elix S. Or really whatever you need.

Im running out of time as Im bout to catch a plane. Ill make a better post when Im
home with less aggression and some genuine build ideas. For now stop being kittening kitten and crying.

TL:DR

We good bois, 1 new spec frees up 2 traitlines and 2 utilities. Stop the kittening till test week, then tell me Im wrong.

https://youtu.be/Z-48u_uWMHY?t=172

Eastcorn.5901:

Alchemy

Inversion Enzyme – Makes fumigate affect the engineer as well, in addition to converting conditions to boons on allies hit. Good trade off for not picking SRD, no?

Stimulant Supplier – Drops Antidote instead. Gives resistance, instead of Fury. Remember that Alchemy is a defensive line.

Scrapper

Expert Examination – In addition to current effects, gyros regain their ability to daze when self-destructed. Fair trade, considering we’re giving up the personal damage of Mass Momentum, and the sustain of Rapid Regeneration, right?

What do you guys think?

Thank you for suggesting things.

I think Stimulant Supplier should drop an additional two stim packs and provide resistance (as you said). Something we don’t have access too.

Expert Examination should reveal a stealthed target in my opinion, but even then I don’t see it being taken. Not sure how I would revamp this trait.

I don’t think the #3 on elixir gun should remove our condis. Cause you can’t hit yourself with it. Yeah I would like it to have an additional cleanse, but it’s still really good for group cleansing.

Vagrant.7206:

The biggest things I think are needed is a revamp of our traits (they’re a godkitten mess), buffing the rifle so it’s not such trash, improving MH pistol so shield is viable, improving the viability of most of our weapons so we don’t need to rely on kits, buffing gadgets and turrets so they aren’t jokes, and look at reducing complexity of rotations (purity of purpose work with kits).

So basically, the entire class needs a revamp.

Which traits in particular need improvement, and what would you change?

Dawdler.8521:

UncleDrew.1763:

Dawdler.8521:

Not sure how nerfs are Quality Of Life improvements.

You’re right, I should just ask for buffs on all the skills and not think about balance at all.

Well… yes. Thats what QoL is. Not even necessarily buffs, just changes to fix obviously broken things or improve their function. In the case of the sneak gyro, you could have simply scrapped all that and said “increase speed of all gyros by 25%”.

But maybe I read too much into the thread topic having QoL in it.

Okay, I’ll change the title then. Just for you.

Dawdler.8521:

Not sure how nerfs are Quality Of Life improvements.

You’re right, I should just ask for buffs on all the skills and not think about balance at all.

It’s 3:08am and I have nothing better to do, so here goes…

Micro disclaimer – These are my opinions, feel free to disagree. BUT, pls no hate. One can hope if we (as the engi community) make enough of these someone, somewhere might actually make some changes that are useful. lol I just read that back, ded class ;_;

Traits:
Inventions:

Automated medical response:
1) Reduce cool down to 90 seconds.
2) Allow the medic gyro to proc. the removed cooldown while the gyro is still active. (Unless the gyro is destroyed and on cd then the trait is effectively useless) The point of gyros is to have them active. – for those that maybe unfamiliar with engi.

Alchemy:

Health Insurance :
1) As med kit is almost non existent, change the effect of the skill to increase outgoing healing by 15% creating more choice in this line for support roles.

Self Regulating Defenses:
1) Reduce cooldown to 60 seconds.

Skills:

Weapons:
Hammer:
Electro-whirl:
1) Reduce cooldown to 5 seconds.

Shock Shield:
1) Reduce cool down to 18 seconds.

Thunder Clap:
1) Increase cool down to 25 seconds.
2) Reduce pulses to 5.
3) Decrease interval between pulses to 0.75 seconds.

Healing Skills
Healing Turret:
1) Revert the blast back to the toolbelt, with manual overcharge as the flip skill. (old healing turret).

Utilities:
Elixir Gun:
Tranquilizer Dart:
1) Increase range to 1000.

Glob Shot:
1) Reduce cool down to 5 seconds.
2) Fix trajectory issues with the glob. (E.g) when you fire this at someone that has dodged the projectile flies up at random angles into the air.
3) Increase projectile velocity to match that of Tranq. Dart.
4) Decrease range to 600.

Fumigate:
1) Reduce cool down to 10 seconds.
2) Increase range to 500.

Elite Skills:
Sneak Gyro:
1) Increase movement speed of the gyro by 25%.
2) Increase cooldown to 50 seconds.
3) Decrease stealth interval to 2 seconds.
4) Increase radius to 400.

Depending on reactions/suggestions I may make another post, these are the changes that came to mind while writing this.

God speed bois!

The changes to every turret, except healing, I welcome. The problem with making the ht (healing turret) cast cleansing burst automatically is that it lowers the effectiveness of the turret overall.

Having the blast controlled on the toolbelt allowed the turret to be used with almost every combo field more seamlessly. Now I have to wait; to deploy, then for the automatic cleansing burst, and finally when the water field is over, then I can blast. This has made ht one dimensional and literally only capable of blasting its own field.

Finally the heal to cleansing burst to explosion is actually slower now, giving other classes more time to interrupt it. Making the ht ‘automatic’ instead of ‘manually’ controlled has worsened nearly every aspect of the turret.

Please realise that in making this change you have indirectly nerfed ht. Please revert the ht back to how it was before balance patch. Or at least make Automated Medical Response remove the CD of gyro after self destruct So I can actually use healing gyro the way I imagine you intended for it to be used. Rather than having to destroy it to get the proc for removed cd on healing skill.

Update 02/05/16

We are looking for:

- 2 Warriors / Beserkers
- 1 Druid
- 1 Scrapper / Engineer

Thanks

Update 12/04/16:

We are still looking for:

-1 Guardian
-2 Necromancers
-2 Elementalists
-1 Mesmer
-2 Engineers

Thank you

Reign of Chaos [RoC] – Gandara (EU)

We are a hardcore WvW guild looking for experienced players to expand our roster.

Reign of Chaos was founded at the beginning of season 3. What started out as a small group of friends has turned into one of the most respected guilds on Gandara and a top guild in EU. Moving forward, we aim to add to our core group and create the strongest roster possible to challenge the elite guilds in EU and cement our place as one of the best.

Pushing our limits as players, since the formation of the guild, has been a vital part of our development. We aren’t just looking for quality players, we are looking for adaptability, determination and competitive spirit. Being able to learn from mistakes and show improvement, as well as having the drive to become the best are some of the values the have made RoC what it is today.

We raid 3 nights a week, with a fourth night as an open raid. Our current WvW raid schedule is 19:00-21:00 GMT on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. We also arrange scrims and gvg’s throughout the week (depending on matchup).

We are currently looking for the following:

- 2 Guardians
- 3 Necromancers
- 2 Elementalists
- 1 Mesmer
- 1 Warrior

Successful applicants will be offered a 2 week trial. Where you will showcase your skills and integrate with the other guild members. You will be expected to gear your characters to meet the guilds requirements and adhere to the builds we provide. We are not looking for new players or to train people. Here are some of the rules we expect our members to follow:

- Attend 3 raids per week, (open raid is optional)
- Represent the guild at all times in WvW, (During Pve is not required)
- You will need Teamspeak (TS3), We can set you up no problem.

If you have any questions please send me a mail/whisper in game or send me a message through the forums. UncleDrew.1763 / In game name: Yámarz
You can apply at our website: http://rocguild.shivtr.com/

We look forward to meeting you, Let the chaos reign!

Reign of Chaos [RoC] – Gandara (EU)

We are a hardcore WvW guild looking for experienced players to expand our roster.

Reign of Chaos was founded at the beginning of season 3. What started out as a small group of friends has turned into one of the most respected guilds on Gandara and a top guild in EU. Moving forward, we aim to add to our core group and create the strongest roster possible to challenge the elite guilds in EU and cement our place as one of the best.

Pushing our limits as players, since the formation of the guild, has been a vital part of our development. We aren’t just looking for quality players, we are looking for adaptability, determination and competitive spirit. Being able to learn from mistakes and show improvement, as well as having the drive to become the best are some of the values the have made RoC what it is today.

We raid 3 nights a week, with a fourth night as an open raid. Our current WvW raid schedule is 19:00-21:00 GMT on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. We also arrange scrims and gvg’s throughout the week (depending on matchup).

We are currently looking for the following:

- 2 Guardians
- 3 Necromancers
- 2 Elementalists
- 1 Mesmer
- 1 Warrior

Successful applicants will be offered a 2 week trial. Where you will showcase your skills and integrate with the other guild members. You will be expected to gear your characters to meet the guilds requirements and adhere to the builds we provide. We are not looking for new players or to train people. Here are some of the rules we expect our members to follow:

- Attend 3 raids per week, (open raid is optional)
- Represent the guild at all times in WvW, (During Pve is not required)
- You will need Teamspeak (TS3), We can set you up no problem.

If you have any questions please send me a mail/whisper in game or send me a message through the forums. UncleDrew.1763 / In game name: Yamarz
You can apply at our website: http://rocguild.shivtr.com/

We look forward to meeting you, Let the chaos reign!